Recently, there has been a bit of discussion in those circles prone to doing so about the notion that buying a (video)game used is essentially the same thing as pirating it. I’d just like to say on behalf of myself and any other publishers who want to get behind me on this that this assertion is insane.
Videogames, and certain tabletop games are on the pricier side as entertainment commodities go. Some people can’t afford to spend, say, $40 on a game. Ever. Some people can do so only rarely, after a lot of word of mouth wins them over. A fair number of those people who can afford to buy anything that strikes their fancy only have that luxury thanks to their ability to get half their money back on eBay when they don’t like what they have. This gets games out of the closets of people who aren’t playing them into the hands of people who otherwise couldn’t afford them, generating more word of mouth to win over people on the fence. Everyone wins here.
So here’s our official stance on the matter. If you can afford The Massive Vs. The Masses? Buy a copy. Play it a few times. In the unlikely event you don’t love it, and don’t want to play it again? Hop on eBay, or BoardGameGeek, and sell it to someone else. Please do so. I don’t want a single copy of my game in the hands of someone who isn’t enjoying it, and as long as someone paid for it when it first shipped out of here, anything that helps that happen is great in my book.
Dork Forest Radio featured a mention of The Massive Vs. The Masses this week. Listeners who wandered over can still take advantage of the extremely discounted price for the time being by clicking here up through the end of the week.
In other news, we’ve been busy with a couple of interesting new projects which may be ready to see the light of day by the end of next month. No promises, but there may be an interesting development in the field of playing tabletop games via the internet, and something more conventional in the field of free web-based games.
Just about everyone involved in the company has been in a state of semi-vacation through the month of June, either getting married, attending a wedding, or celebrating an anniversary oddly enough. A slightly delayed new podcast, consisting of a discussion of the artwork of The Massive Vs. The Masses with the artist responsible is now up, and a few interesting RPG projects have been making nice progress behind the scenes as well.
It’s official. We have a regular monthly podcast. You can check it out right here:Â http://www.gcast.com/u/WorldDomination/main
This month’s is a bit of the history of the company, and some candid talk on various obscure and potentially embarrassing games of the distant past and future. Next month, we plan to dedicate the whole show to The Massive Vs. The Masses and the art behind it, so if there’s anything you’d like to hear about specifically, let us know.
Susan Richardson, illustrator for all of the cards in The Massive Vs. The Masses, along with the rest of the game’s art, and our company logo, has recently set up a DeviantArt site where you can order larger prints of a few choice illustrations, along with a number of other pieces worth a look. She’s also accepting commisions these days, so check it out when you have a chance.
